The Purple Land (1885) de W. H. Hudson, un texto cautivo entre Inglaterra y Argentina

Abstract

In this article, our interest is to address The Purple Land (1885), one of the better-known works by Anglo-Argentine naturalist and writer William Henry Hudson, from its double and contradictory critical reception, which takes place both in the English literary field where it is conceived, and in the Argentinian one, that reads it already in the 20^th century. Both critical assessments, which have opposed interests and gestures, mediate and determine the reception of the work. We look for that “other” Hudson, captive and unseen between two important cultural appropriations: the Victorian pastoralist and the exiled gaucho.